[guispeak] Re: Potential Problems ahead for Earthlink Webmail Users

From: "david poehlman" <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

To: <guispeak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 09:12:56 -0500

it is one possible future. gmail does not use flash nor do a whole bunch of
other web based email systems that are powerfull and sweet to use.
Johnnie Apple Seed
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From: "Andy Baracco" <wq6r@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 10:17 PM
Subject: [guispeak] Re: Potential Problems ahead for Earthlink Webmail Users
i would suspect that this is the future.
Andy
At 04:30 PM 3/5/2005, you wrote:
>Earthlink Enhanced Webmail
>
>ARTICLE DATE: 03.03.05
>
> BOTTOM LINE:
>This Flash-based WebMail client avoids many of the pitfalls of typical
>Web-based mail offerings, but we'll have to wait for the final version to
>see if it delivers on its promise.
>
>PROS:
>Interface that's virtually indistinguishable from a desktop e-mail client.
>
>CONS:
>You'll need to run Macromedia Flash to use it.
>
>COMPANY:
>EarthLink Inc.
>
>By <http://www.pcmag.com/author_bio/0,1772,a=184,00.asp>Neil J. Rubenking
>
>Hard on the heels of AOL's Web mail update announcement, EarthLink has
>revealed its plans for EarthLink Enhanced WebMail (EEW). Where AOL's
>updated software is based on DHTML, EarthLink's is built entirely using
>Flash. The new software will be released to EarthLink members in May. PC
>Magazine previewed a functional prerelease version.
>
>The typical Web mail experience is a bit too much like surfing the Web.
>Just about any action requires a full refresh of the page, and it's easy
>to accidentally navigate away without completing a message. AOL's new Web
>mail system improves on this by using DHTML and dynamic behaviors;
>Google's Gmail also uses DHTML. EarthLink took a different direction,
>building EEW as a complete Rich Internet Application in Macromedia Flash
>using tools from Laszlo Systems. The result is a Web mail application
>that's almost indistinguishable from a stand-alone e-mail client. Once the
>app is loaded, you never see a page refresh. You can write messages,
>resize panels or switch views all without leaving the application.
>
>EEW pre-fetches new mail in the background, so messages are already
>downloaded by the time you click them. When you send a message, even one
>with a large attachment, there's no waiting-sending also happens in the
>background. The user interface strongly resembles that of a standalone
>client. You can drag and drop messages into folders, double-click items to
>open them, resize columns, and click on column headings to sort. It takes
>advantage of Flash animation, too. An error like omitting the recipient's
>address gets a slide-out warning right in the application rather than a
>popup error message. When you tab between fields, a quartet of markers
>visibly zoom into place to identify the active field. Clicking an Add
>Contact button slides open a page in the Address Book, preloaded with the
>sender's name and e-mail, and capable of holding full business and
>personal details.
>
>Of course EarthLink subscribers get all the other benefits of an EarthLink
>mail account. Spam and virus blocking are supplied, and the EEW client
>includes a button to mark any spam that makes it into the in-box. Each
>account comes with 100 MB of storage (rising to 1GB in the third quarter).
>EEW works under Windows, Mac, Linux and Solaris, and can be used in
>Internet Explorer, Mozilla, and Opera. EarthLink users have a lot to look
>forward to.
>
> More e-mail clients:
>
>Copyright (c) 2005 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved.
>
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